Junior Badminton - Representative Teams

Posted Thu, 2013-02-28 10:03 by Badminton Manawatu

The Junior Development Committee runs our representative teams and every season Squad Trials will be in March - we are lokoing for U13, U15, U17 and U19 players. Selection of teams will follow shortly after trials. Once selected to take-part in our junior squads, players will typically attend 2-hour coaching sessions once a week. Here they will learn technique, tactics and gain an abundance of experience by playing tournaments. Some of our major team tournaments are Nationals in July and the Central Regions - more information on this can be found here. Actions shots and news on our facebook page!

2017 Junior Trials info attached below!

Under 13 Reps Squad Training will be held on Tuesdays from 5.30pm-7.30pm in Arena Manawatu All the U13 players are required to be available for the following team competitions:- April- June annually - Central Regions Teams Comp (PN). We won this in 2014July - NZ UnderAge Team Championships (PN) There are a number of Individual Competitions that we strongly encourage each player to enter. The more tournaments you play the better you will get.

Under 15 Reps Squad training will be held on Tuesday’s from 5.30pm-7.30pm in the Ballroom, B&M Centre, PN. U15 players will compete at a number of events from April through to SeptemberAll the U15 players are required to be available for the following team competitions. April-June Central Regions Teams Comp. In 2012, 2013 and 2014 we won the U15 CR Teams!July - NZ UnderAge Team Championships (PN) There are a number of Individual Competitions that we strongly encourage each player to enter. The more tournaments you play the better you will get. You also earn player points and the more of these you get the less likely you are to meet top players in the early rounds, of if you get enough you will gain a seeding and therefore your chances of progressing in a tournament greatly increase.

Under 17 Reps Squad training will be held on Tuesday’s from 5.30pm-7.30pm in PNINS Gym Hall, PN. U17 players will compete at a number of events from April through to SeptemberAll the U17 players are required to be available for the following team competitions. April-June - Central Regions Teams Comp. We won this in 2013, 2014 July - NZ UnderAge Teams Championships (PN) There are a number of Individual Competitions that we strongly encourage each player to enter. The more tournaments you play the better you will get. You also earn player points and the more of these you get the less likely you are to meet top players in the early rounds, of if you get enough you will gain a seeding and therefore your chances of progressing in a tournament greatly increase.

Under 19 Reps 2017 - U19 players train with the Senior Squad on Wednesdays. These players can trial for a place on our senior teams which play in Badminton New Zealand Competitions.July - NZ UnderAge Teams Championships (PN)U19 teams compete in the Central Regions Competition annually (Apr-June). We came 2nd in 2014